Individual Details

Marriage

Before 1750, they used the old-style calendar, on which the new year fell on March 25th, rather than January 1st. The source in Ancestry, "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700," records the marriage date in double-dating style (old calendar/new calendar) of 20 Mar 1698/9. Therefore, by modern, Julian calendar dating, the wedding was 20 Mar 1699. In the year 1699, Bristol was part of Massachusetts Bay Colony, as Plymouth Colony had been dissolved.
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William Throop
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Mar 1698
Event Place: Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Event Place (Original): Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Martha Collye
Spouse's Gender: Female

Burial

Inscription:
These ?? the Memory of
William Throope Esq
(That P___ of T___
& Example of Virtue who
after many Years of ___
Pain?? & Sweet Experience)
Departed this Life on
February ye 3d A.D. 1737*
In ye 58th** Year of his age.

* By Julian calendar, where new year fell on Mar. 31st, rather than Jan. 1st (1738 by modern Gregorian calendar)
**Before 1750, "in the nth year of his age" did not have the same meaning as "aged n," due to the year between birth and age one counting as the first year. After a man passed his 57th birthday, he was "in the 58th year of his age."